FEDERAL OPERATOR 99 (1945) Republic Archive Serial KEY BOOK + STILL MANUAL +COA!

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FEDERAL OPERATOR 99 (1945) Republic Archive Serial KEY BOOK + STILL MANUAL + COA!
*Guaranteed Vintage and Original ~ Comes with COA from the Museum of Mom and Pop Culture!
*This lot is for a Republic Archive Key Book containing (7) 8 x 10" original action stills with archival linen striping at left and mounted in a Wilson-Jones brown stiff board binder.
The first 2 and the last stills have paper captions / or printing on reverse.
Stills feature classic Republic Serial Damsel In Distress Bondage. Binder has original label on cover.
*Also included Mini-
Pressbook Still Manual with synopses for every chapter, Republic's inventive pint-size promotional piece for their serials.
*These pieces are from a recent discovery of scarce material from what appears to have been Republic's entry into the television market in the 1950s-1960s. See more of this great material in our companion auctions and in the weeks to come.
*Overall Condition: Excellent!
*STARS:
Marten Lamont as Jerry Blake, Federal Operator 99
Helen Talbot as Joyce Kingston
George J. Lewis as Jim Belmont, a sophisticated villain
Lorna Gray as Rita Parker, Belmont's partner in crime
*HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
Federal Operator 99 is a 1945 Republic film serial. It was later edited down into a feature version titled F.B.I. 99 for television. The serial is about an FBI agent named Jerry Blake who battles gentleman thief Jim Belmont, who escapes custody with help of his gang and begins a wave of crimes, beginning with plotting to steal the crown jewels of the Princess Cornelia.
(wiki)
*STORYLINE:
Crime lord James 'Jim' Belmont (George J. Lewis) escapes FBI custody and resumes his criminal empire, only to be thwarted at every turning point by British-accented Jerry Blake, the FBI's Operator 99 (Marten Lamont). Belmont plots to steal the crown jewels of the Princess Cornelia, with the aid of his cohorts Matt Farrell, Rita Parker and his crafty secretary Morton. The criminals succeed in stealing the jewels, then offer to ransom them back, using Jerry Blake (Operator 99) as the go-between. Blake foils their plot and also acts against different criminal engagements by Belmont such as trying to steal a car once owned by Belmont’s partner, a car into which valuable gold has been melted and whose location is known by a former lawyer who worked for Belmont.
Blake's secretary Joyce Kingston gets involved in directly helping Blake thwart Belmont, at one point battling Rita Parker for control of a truck carrying stolen payroll money. Blake eventually captures Matt Farrell but Belmont and Parker kidnap Joyce and they offer to trade her for Farrell. Blake is able to trace Belmont to his hidden lair beneath a theatre and winds up battling him high up on a catwalk overlooking a precipitous drop. (wiki)
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